Parts of Speech

By: Georgia Arruda EED 616

PowerPoint Presentation 3/5/2015

What Does Part of Speech Mean?

Each part of speech explains not what the word is but how the word is used.

The Eight Parts of Speech

Verb Noun Pronoun Adjectives Adverbs

Prepositions Conjunctions interjection

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Each part of speech explains not what the word is, but how the word is used. In fact, the same word can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or adjective in the next.

Adverbs

Adverb An adverb can modify

a verb, an adjective, another verb, a phrase, or a clause.

The seamstress quickly made the mourning clothes.

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Let‟s Take a Closer Look!

Verb A verb “is what you

do!” I will run, hop, and

skip down the track.

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Here come the nouns!

Noun A noun is a person

place or thing. Ms. Arruda is going

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Pronouns

Pronoun A pronoun can

replace the noun or another pronoun.

Which show do you want to see?

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Additional Pronouns

Personal Pronouns A personal pronoun

refers to specific person or thing and changes its form to indicate person, number, gender, and case.

Possessive Personal Pronouns

A possessive pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and defines who owns a particular object or person.

(mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours theirs)

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Additional Pronouns Continued

Interrogative Pronouns

An interrogative pronoun is used to ask questions.

(who, whom, which, what and the compounds formed with suffix “ever”).

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Still More Pronouns!

Demonstrative Pronouns A demonstrative pronoun

points to and identifies a noun or a pronoun.

(this, that, these, and those are demonstrative pronouns)

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What about the Adjectives?

Adjectives An adjective modifies a

noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, or qualifying words.

The truck-shaped balloon floated over the treetops.

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Conjunctions

I ate the pizza and

the pasta!

You can use Conjunctions to link words, phrases, and clauses.

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Prepositions

Prepositions A preposition links

nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other words in a sentence.

(on, against, over, during, beneath, beside)

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What is an Interjection?

Interjections An interjection is a

word added to a sentence to convey emotion.

(Ouch!, Hey!)

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Parts of Speech Poem by Kim Vetter

A noun‟s the name of anything, As house or garden, hoop, or swing. Instead of nouns the pronouns stand- Her head, your face, his arm, my hand. Adjectives tell the kind of noun,

As great, small, pretty, white, or brown. Verbs tell of something to be done-

To read, count, sing, talk, laugh, or run. How things are done the adverbs tell,

As slowly, quickly, ill, or well.

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Poem Continued

Conjunctions join the words together, As men and women, wind or weather.

The preposition stands before A noun, as in or through a door. The interjection shows surprise, As Oh! How Pretty; Ah! How wise.

That‟s why we learn the parts of speech Which reading, writing, speaking teach. „Cause grammar needs to be correct To help you earn the world‟s respect.

Created for you by: Georgia Arruda

Words are fun, be creative, explore and encourage freedom of expression with the

Amazing wonder of words!

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